The Louvre is the largest museum in the world. The museum offers a total of 380,000 exhibits, but not all collections are on display for visitors. ¹⁾

The Musée du Louvre is located on the Seine River in Paris and is the most visited museum in the world with the National Museum of China in second place. ²⁾

When Napoleon came to power the building was named the Musée Napoleon. After his fall in 1814, the museum was given its current name. ³⁾

The Mona Lisa painting has its own private mailbox because of all the love letters people write. ⁴⁾

The Louvre was not originally a museum. It was a fortress built-in 1190. In the 16th century, the Louvre was turned from a fortress into a royal palace. ⁵⁾

Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa is undoubtedly one of the most famous works of art in the Louvre. ⁶⁾

The Louvre's museums are also outside the boundaries of the 16th-century museum and palace, as they are connected to Musée National Eugène-Delacroix, and fronted by the Tuileries Gardens, Paris' oldest park. ⁷⁾

There are about 7,500 paintings in the Louvre galleries, 66% of which were made by French artists. ⁸⁾

The dimensions of the Mona Lisa are only 21 x 30 inches. It is only slightly larger than an A2 sheet of paper. ⁹⁾

The Mona Lisa also has its own bodyguards and is protected by bulletproof glass. ¹⁰⁾

The Mona Lisa was stolen in 1911 by Vincenzo Peruggia. ¹¹⁾

The Nazis used the Louvre as a warehouse for stolen art during World War II. ¹²⁾

The museum is believed to be haunted by a mummy named Belphegor. The nearby Tuileries Gardens are also believed to be haunted by a man dressed in red. ¹³⁾

The glass pyramid of the Louvre was built in 1989. It is made exclusively of glass and metal and is now one of the city's most recognizable landmarks. ¹⁴⁾

The Venus de Milo, an ancient Greek statue of Aphrodite, is one of the most popular pieces on display at the Louvre. ¹⁵⁾

The façade of the Louvre is almost entirely decorated with rich sculptural decoration from the 16th to 19th centuries. ¹⁶⁾